UID:
almafu_9959241595802883
Format:
1 online resource (264 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8131-6436-2
Content:
This book is a chronicle of the myopia and gamesmanship that dominated Americans' understanding of their environment on the eve of the nation's ecology crisis. Based almost entirely on primary sources, Elmo Richardson's study examines the interplay between the national policies and programs for development and preservation of natural resources in the centralist Truman administration and the localist, enterprise-oriented Eisenhower administration. He shows that the decade examined brought about very little change in the values held by federal policy makers. Although the development of resources
Note:
Includes index.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Prologue THE NEW DEAL LEGACY; Chapter One CVA: THE ROAD NOT TAKEN; Chapter Two THE LAND GRABBERS; Chapter Three THE PARKS' EVAPORATION RATE; Chapter Four THE WEST & THE MANDATE FOR CHANGE; Chapter Five DOUG McKAY & THE DRAGON SLAYERS; Illustrations; Chapter Six THE PITFALLS OF PARTNERSHIP; Chapter Seven JUST A TINY DINOSAUR; Chapter Eight THE GIVEAWAY BRAND; Chapter Nine BATTLE OF THE CHAMPIONS; Epilogue RIGHT MAN ON THE LID?; Notes; Primary Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-60321-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8131-5445-6
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
